Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Myctophiformes > Family Myctophidae > Genus Myctophum

Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myctophum*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): liten lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: slankhalet prikfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: spotted lanternfish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Greek: Κηλιδωτό φανόψαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): אורנון נקוד sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: liten lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: liten lysprikkfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: liten lysprikkfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): liten lysprikkfisk

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2.
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (12 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126627